St. Michael (Michelfeld)
The Church of St. Michael in Michelfeld , Lower Franconia, is the parish church of the Protestant community. It is located on St. Michael Street in the middle of the village. Today the church is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Dean's Office in Kitzingen .
history
The history of the church is closely linked to that of the village. Michelfeld was probably settled in prehistoric times. After Christianization, the name Michelfeld was established, and St. Michael became the local patron and was included in the village's coat of arms. It was not until 1153 that “Michelveth”, as it was called at the time, appeared in the sources. During the Middle Ages the village was in the hands of many different masters.
In 1261, the Lords of Hohenlohe established a Premonstratensian monastery in the village. The nuns moved to Tückelhausen in the 14th century, 1305, and the convent was abandoned. The massive tower has been preserved from the monastery church. In the 16th century Michelfeld came to the Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach, who soon introduced the Reformation in the place. Despite frequent changes of fiefdom in the following period, the majority of the residents remained Protestant.
With the transfer to the Lords of Thüna , the new village lord Anselm von Thüna planned to renew the nave of the church in 1603. This extension still characterizes the church today. In 1715 the nave was expanded again. Since then, the building has only been renovated. The last major renovation took place in 2005. The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation classifies the church as an architectural monument . Underground remains are listed as a ground monument .
architecture
The church presents itself as a choir tower church . The small hall building is easted and ends with a gable roof. The nave is illuminated by three two-lane round arched windows with tracery on each side . The west facade has three ox eyes, an extension in the south of the complex represents a vestibule. The rectangular choir tower is two-story and also has arched windows. A pointed helmet closes the tower at the top.
Furnishing
The gallery inside the church is a special feature. It fills the west and north sides of the church. It is supported by three wooden round pillars. The gallery was built under Anselm von Thüna in 1622. The north side is dominated by an ancestral sample of Anselm von Thüna and his wife Margareta Amalia, née von Berlichingen . Thirty coats of arms indicate the ancestors of the couple. The gallery on the west side, on the other hand, shows the twelve apostles with their attributes, among them the creed can be seen.
The first organ was installed on a gallery above the altar in 1745. In 1939, the five-tower organ prospectus could be preserved by the foundation of Michelfelders Andreas Thorwarth. In 1964 the organ was given its present position on the rear gallery. The baptismal font goes back to a foundation by Michael Michael Heller. He came to the church in 1623 and bears the following inscription next to four smiling angels' heads: “Hans Heller, of his own free courage, brought in the baptismal font in honor of his estate and to decorate the little church. Anno domini 1623 ".
The other furnishings also come from the 17th century. The pulpit with the representation of the four evangelists on the cassette fields decorates the south side of the nave. An inscription reads: "CLAMA NE CESSES QUASI TVBA EXALTA VOCEM TVAM ET ANNUNTIA POPVLO MEO SCELERA EORVM" (Latin: shout loudly, do not hesitate, raise your voice like a trumpet and proclaim their iniquities to my people, Isaiah 58). The epitaph of the village master Anselm von Thüna shows the deceased. He died on September 11, 1626.
literature
- Hans Bauer: Blessed Land. Paths through the Evangelical Dean's Office Kitzingen am Main . Kitzingen 2012.
- Hans Bauer: District of Kitzingen. An art and culture guide . Market wide 1993.
- Georg Dehio: Handbook of the German art monuments. Bavaria I: Franconia . Munich and Berlin 1999.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bauer, Hans: Gesegnetes Land . P. 93.
- ↑ a b Bauer, Hans: Gesegnetes Land . P. 94.
- ^ Bauer, Hans: Gesegnetes Land . P. 95.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 41 ′ 48.8 " N , 10 ° 10 ′ 41.9" E